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D. F. NEIKIRK AND JOHN J. KOCH, OF REPUBLIC, OHIO;

Letters Patent No. 101,301, dated March 20, 1870.

-The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all 4whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, D. F. Nalnrnnand JOHN J. KOCH, of Republicin the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved \Vasl1ing Machine; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal section, taken in a vcrtical plane through the center of the improved machine.

Figure 2 is a similar view of the same parts, showing the pounder raised.

Figure 3 is a top view of the machine, showing thc parts in the position represented in iig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding 'parts in the several vfigures.

This invention relates to an improvement on that class of washing-machines wherein a semicircular washhox is employed, having arranged within it a series of stationary slats and a vibrating slatted'plunger, which latter is adapted for pounding and compressing articles against said stationary slats. f

The nature of our invention consists in an open slatted stationary Washboard, arranged within and on one side of the center' of a scmicircular or concave bottom wash-box, and beneath a board, which will prevent water from being thrown out of the box when forced rapidly between said slats, and in combining therewitha vibrating segmental box,`which is hung by arms from the upper edge of the wash-bemand which is constructed with an open slatted beating-surwe, and also with a covering-board and corrugated wash-board; said parts being so constructed that articles put be.- tween the fixed and movable slats can be bea-ten, compressed, turned, and cleansed without causing water Ato be thrown from said box, as will be hereinafter explained.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we will describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings- A A represents two'semicircular side boards, which are adapted to receive the concave bottom B, and form, in conjunction therewith, the wash-box for containing the improved devices ihr cleansing clothes and other articles.

This tub is mounted upon legs O C, which are applied to its side boards so asto serve as battens for strengthening the box, and afford a substantial support therefor.

O'n one side of the vertical center of the wash-box, and arranged one above another, in an inclined plane, are slats c a, which are properly spaced and secured rigidly to boards E, which are fastened to the side boards of the wash-box.

These slats c, and the space back of them, are covered by a board, D, which iuclines toward the center of the wash-box, so as to allow water to flow freely from it back into the box, as shown in figs. l and 2.

During the operation of washing water will be fol'- cibl y eject-ed between the slats a a, and would be thrown out of the wash-box were it not for the covering-board l). This board will also serve as a shelf for supporting articles wheni washed, to allow water to drain from and run back into the box.

The shelving or inclined arrangement of the edges of said slats a is designed to cause the articles to turn over during the `intervals between the operation of beating and compressing them.

G G represent two segmental side'boards, which are secured together at a suitable distance apart to work freely between th side boards of the wash-box by means of a covering-board, F, and also bymeans of slats b b, which latter are properly spaced and secured to the side boards G at the lower ends thereof, as shown in figs. l and 2.

These slats b b are arranged in such manner that when they are brought in contact with or very near the stationary slats a, they will stand in an inclined plane, which is parallel or nearly so to the plane in which these slats c arc arranged, thus allowing clothes or other articles placed between the pounding-slats b and stationary slats a. to be beaten and compressed uniformly.

The parts F, G, and b form a plungeror beater, and aresuspcndcd from hooks d el by means of arms c c, through the upper ends of which slots e are made, to allow the said plunger or beater to rise bodily in the act of removing it from the wash-box.l

The pivoted suspending-hooks d (l are secured into the upper edges of the side boards A A, and extend inward, so as to receive the slots c o through arms o c,

and suspend these arms from points which are concentric to the bottom of the wash-box.

The arms c o aresecured rigidly to the sides of thel plunger, so that this plunger will swing freely in the wash-box without coming in cont-act with its sides or bottom. i

On top of the board F, and near one end thereof, a hand-bar, h, is secured, which is grasped by the hands of the operator to vibrate the plunger, and ou the edge of one ofthe side boards A is a turning button or stop, g, which will prevent the plunger from button is turned so as to extend over the interor of being-raised too high during its back strokes whe this the wash-box.

The corrugated rubbing-surface J, on top of the the covering-boards D and F.

Having described our invention, What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, i's- The arrangement of the inclined stationary slats a a, inclined board D, segmental plunger G, slats b b attached to the said plunger, inclined board F, corrugated rubbing-surface J, transverse handle-bar h, bntton g, arms c provided with longitudinal apertures e,

and hook al. c

D. F. NEIKIRK. JOHNJ. KOCH.

Witnesses:

N. P. CoLsDELL, J, J. DUEsLnR. 

